The Plague in the Shadows
Decades before Covid-19, the AIDS epidemic tore through communities in the US and around the world. It has killed some 40 million people and continues to take lives today. This month marks 45 years since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published its first report about a mysterious illness that would eventually be called AIDS.
- ▪Decades before Covid-19, the AIDS epidemic tore through communities in the US and around the world.
- ▪It has killed some 40 million people and continues to take lives today.
- ▪This month marks 45 years since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published its first report about a mysterious illness that would eventually be called AIDS.
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freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: "motherjones_right_rail_1", slotId: "ROS_ATF_300x600" }); Demonstrators, including Katrina Haslip (right), participate in a 1990 AIDS protest in front of the National Institutes of Health building in Washington.Donna Binder Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Decades before Covid-19, the AIDS epidemic tore through communities in the US and around the world. It has killed some 40 million people and continues to take lives today. But early on, research and public policy focused on AIDS as a gay men’s disease, overlooking other vulnerable groups—including communities of color and women.
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